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BI_User_1234
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Microsoft Outlook HTML Table to Power BI Matrix/Table

Good Afternoon All,

Every day I receive an email that has an HTML formatted table (example in the screenshot below). I would like to automate collecting these tables and create a master table that updates daily in BI.

 

Although I am able to connect BI to Outlook and pull the contents of the email message, I am unable transform it into a usable format for a Power BI table or matrix. 

 

BI_User_1234_0-1640023941782.png

 

Below is how the example text returns in a BI table visulization -> Formatting is nonexistent, all values are in one cell and are not legible

BI_User_1234_1-1640024646231.png

 

Below is how the text is shown when using the "htmlViewer" visualization -> Great in terms of visibility, but not really a valid table (can't maniuplate it & does not export in a usable format).

BI_User_1234_2-1640024708389.png

"HTML Viewer" Export

BI_User_1234_3-1640025072824.png

 

Does anyone have any tips on how they would handle something along these lines? Thank you

 

 

 

 

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Anonymous
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Did you manage to find a way? power automate can get up to 25 emails only or new emails. 

PowerBI can see all your old emails. Please do share if you managed to find a solution. Thanks.

parry2k
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@BI_User_1234 let's know how it goes?

 

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@BI_User_1234 it will be a mix of power automate/Sharepoint/power bi

 

Use Power Automate to get the email body from incoming email, and store the body data in SharePoint and then use power bi to read data from SharePoint and transform as you see fit.

 

Follow us on LinkedIn

 

Learn about conditional formatting at Microsoft Reactor

My latest blog post The Power of Using Calculation Groups with Inactive Relationships (Part 1) (perytus.com) I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

 

Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop-shop for Power BI-related projects/training/consultancy.



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

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If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
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Thank you for the tip, I will give it a try

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